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Saturday, June 4, 2011

JESSIE MAE - DON'T FREEZE ON ME


I'm afraid that I know nothing of the Jessie Mae heard on this recording (not to be confused with blues singer Jessie Mae Hemphill).

Whoever this mysterious singer is, she delivers a STORM of a performance on this incredible record.

Thanks to google archiving old Billboard magazines, I learned that the DRA label A&R was run by DJ Al jarvis, who claims to have discovered Nat King Cole, Frankie Lane & Gogi Grant. He certainly found an INCREDIBLE singer in Jessie Mae. Please write if you know any more!

from 1962...

JESSIE MAE - DON'T FREEZE ON ME

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 4, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Based upon the (tenuous) Frankie Lane connection I wondered if it might be Jessie Mae Robinson, but it seems not based upon this link (http://blindman.15.forumer.com/a/sneakin39-around-jessie-mae-robinson_post11892.html)

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  2. C. von GrumpyJune 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM

    Love it to death, thank you Sir!

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  3. HollyJune 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    This is great - thank you!

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  4. Saxophone SteveMarch 21, 2013 at 9:32 AM

    I thought I was listening to Aretha Franklin. I am would not be surprised to learn Aretha cut this under a pseudonym. If not, "Jessie" was heavy influenced by Franklin.

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